Sacha Baron Cohen, Rosamund Pike to Star in Netflix Rom-Com ‘Ladies First’ for Director Thea Sharrock

Sacha Baron Cohen and Rosamund Pike are set to inhabit an alternate society in the Netflix romantic-comedy feature Ladies First .

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Filmmaker Thea Sharrock ( The Beautiful Game ) is helming the project that adapts director Eleonore Pourriat’s French-language movie Je Ne Suis Pas Un Homme Facile . Katie Silberman ( Booksmart ), Natalie Krinsky ( The Broken Hearts Gallery ) and Cinco Paul ( Despicable Me ) penned the script for the new film.

Ladies First follows a womanizer who gets a shock when he is suddenly living in a world dominated by women, with an opinionated female counterpart adding to the complications.

A release date has not yet been announced.

Producers include Liza Chasin for 3dot Productions, along with Eleonore Dailly, Edouard de Lachomette and Four By Two Films.

Translated as I Am Not an Easy Man , the original film Je Ne Suis Pas Un Homme Facile stars Vincent Elbaz and Marie-Sophie Ferdane. It debuted on Netflix in 2018.

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Sharrock’s previous features as director include Me Before You , The One and Only Ivan , Wicked Little Letters and The Beautiful Game .

Cohen is known for films including Borat and The Trial of the Chicago 7 , and he voiced a role in the animated movie Luca . The performer earned Oscar nominations for his performance in The Trial of the Chicago 7 and for his work on the screenplays for Borat and its 2020 sequel.

Pike’s recent credits include the movies Saltburn and I Care a Lot , along with the series The Wheel of Time . She is also set to appear in Now You See Me 3 .

Deadline first reported about Ladies First .

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